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Preparations for the grand opening of lower Queen Anne's Counterbalance
Park: An Urban Oasis, on Saturday, July 19, 2008. The park is at
the intersection of Queen Anne Ave. N. and Roy St.
John Gessner at the Uptown Alliance booth at the park opening.
Jean Sundborg, master of ceremonies for the day's
events, prepares to introduce Mayor Greg Nickels, State Senator
Jeanne Kohl-Welles, County Councilman Larry Phillips and Seattle
Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher.
Raj Shah, at the microphone, is backed up by his
family. The Shah brothers, Raj and Akhil, were major contributors
to the park's funding drive, contributing $225,000 to the effort.
The total cost was about $1.1 million.
Children can find play things anywhere, including
in the crushed granite gravel surface of the park.
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Crowd gathering for the opening ceremonies at the new park,
the former site of McHale's gas station.
Two visitors try out the new park benches.
A large crowd listens to Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, 36th
District, acknowledge the tireless effort put into this project
by Jean Sundborg, along with many others.
Mayor Nickels leads the ribbon cutting, along with the Shah
family, Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, King County Councilman
Larry Phillips, and Seattle City Council members Tim Burgess
and Tom Rasmussen.
Uptown organizers of the years-long drive to get this park
can finally take a deep breath. From the left are Jean Sundborg,
John Coney, John Gessner, Keith Biever and Kathy Biever.
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